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mitt romney is paying 13.9% taxes on $21 million. he offers up more tax breaks for the very, very rich with the rest of us, what's going to happen to the rest of us? not only medicare and social security and all of the programs that we come to rely on being sacrificed on the alter of tax cuts to the rich but he wants to restore all the military cuts. what in the world is going on here? why aren't people more enraged? i think we need to get beyond outraged and make sure that not only is barack obama the next president again, but also that democrats take back congress and take back this country. >> robert reich, author of the brand new book "beyond outrage." thank you for joining us. >>> there's a lot more coming up. stay with us. >> the more we compare ourselves to illinois and they see the failed policies don't work, the better off we are. >> awful news for the badgers meeps another major embarrassment for scott walker. now he is telling wisconsin voters to wait until after the recall for the jobs to show up. >>> artest drives it. >>
mitt romney is paying 13.9% taxes on $21 million. he offers up more tax breaks for the very, very rich with the rest of us, what's going to happen to the rest of us? not only medicare and social security and all of the programs that we come to rely on being sacrificed on the alter of tax cuts to the rich but he wants to restore all the military cuts. what in the world is going on here? why aren't people more enraged? i think we need to get beyond outraged and make sure that not only is barack...
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tax cuts for the rich? >> it's not just tax cuts. these whole mantra of all americans care about is tax cuts? >> they like war, too. >> it's not war, it's health care. they said we need a different system. we need a system in place where you can buy insurance across state lines and pull together. that's an inovaive idea. >> they had 30 years. he's running on what bush did and call it something different. for anyone who is not a millionaire to still vote gop is a sucker because no one has balanced a budget, no one has had a surplus since eisenhower. all they're good at is two things, redistribution of wealth and making conservative americans think it's a good think. >> i have given you the floor. >> the reason we had a balanced budget is the republicans, and where worked for the republican chairman, who worked for clinton in a bipartisan manner. >> fair enough. good discussion. i like it. keith, ron, john, thank you so much. >>> coming up, the disgrace of paying police officers and firefighters minimum wage. if it can happen in scrant
tax cuts for the rich? >> it's not just tax cuts. these whole mantra of all americans care about is tax cuts? >> they like war, too. >> it's not war, it's health care. they said we need a different system. we need a system in place where you can buy insurance across state lines and pull together. that's an inovaive idea. >> they had 30 years. he's running on what bush did and call it something different. for anyone who is not a millionaire to still vote gop is a sucker...
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releasing the tax returns would be more damaging to them than hiding the tax returns and hiding the tax returns has been very, very damaging and will continue to be very damaging to them. but the romneys are absolutely resolved about this. >> there's going to be no more tax releases given. >> that's it. that's final. the romneys are spoken. it continues to be perfectly reasonable and becomes increasingly reasonable to now suspect that the romney tax returns contain the political disaster, the political ammunition of a tax felony in them. he is one of the precious few americans who hold swiss bank accounts and other foreign bank accounts. so many of them were violating the law by not reporting those bank accounts that the government, the irs, gave up and they came up with a special amnesty program to allow them to finally get straight with the government and report those accounts that they were illegally hiding for years without being subject to felony charges. they created a tax amnesty program for people like mitt romney with accounts like mitt romney. moe mitt romney is exactly the ki
releasing the tax returns would be more damaging to them than hiding the tax returns and hiding the tax returns has been very, very damaging and will continue to be very damaging to them. but the romneys are absolutely resolved about this. >> there's going to be no more tax releases given. >> that's it. that's final. the romneys are spoken. it continues to be perfectly reasonable and becomes increasingly reasonable to now suspect that the romney tax returns contain the political...
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the middle tax tax cut is the hostage this time. he said he learned this lesson during the dent ceiling debate last year. we did learn this, it's a hostage that's worth ransoming and it focused the congress on something that must be done. this is why the obama camp is pushing the tax message right now and it's really a brilliant move. in a campaign memo two weeks ago, the white house adviser explains why this was a fight to win. if republicans want to talk about taxes, we're happy to have that debate. they'll rax taxes on middle class families to give millionaires and billionaires a $250,000 tax cut. recent analysis proves this to be true, for example, if you're a person who makes between $50,000 and $100,000 a year, listen up. your taxes will go up nearly $4,500 under the republican plan to offset the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. that's how they want to play the game. the big question tonight, is whether democrats will follow the president's lead. this is where the president of the united states needs every democrat out o
the middle tax tax cut is the hostage this time. he said he learned this lesson during the dent ceiling debate last year. we did learn this, it's a hostage that's worth ransoming and it focused the congress on something that must be done. this is why the obama camp is pushing the tax message right now and it's really a brilliant move. in a campaign memo two weeks ago, the white house adviser explains why this was a fight to win. if republicans want to talk about taxes, we're happy to have that...
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bush's tax regime is what we're under right now. all the tax cuts that bush wanted are still in place. we're living in a world designed fiscally by george w. bush and obama hasn't been able to change it an inch. >> just a quick point. obama gets attacked on occasion for extending the bush tax cuts, and then we turn around and get people like the governor who says he's done a lot to raise taxes. there is a great bloomberg piece that says regulation is down on obama. fewer regulations. he gets attacked as this regulatory dictator. i think the facts sometimes get in the way of these attacks. but it is a truth that the republican congress has stymied the legislation and i don't see how that is controversial. they have very little legislative authority for what's going on, so that's the wish for things they want to do. but they've been pushing that for a couple of months now. the problem is they just can't move congress. >> haley? >> when the president had congress totally under his control, even the democrat congress would pay us all th
bush's tax regime is what we're under right now. all the tax cuts that bush wanted are still in place. we're living in a world designed fiscally by george w. bush and obama hasn't been able to change it an inch. >> just a quick point. obama gets attacked on occasion for extending the bush tax cuts, and then we turn around and get people like the governor who says he's done a lot to raise taxes. there is a great bloomberg piece that says regulation is down on obama. fewer regulations. he...
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plan and his own taxes. but this seals the deal and you're now in a situation where basically, mitt romney and i call this now the ryan romney ticket, not the other way around. the substance here is coming from ryan. he's going to have to defend a whole series of positions that are profoundly unpopular. it's pretty amazing, chris, you've been around this for a long time, to see gop pros criticizing the nominee. >> here's mark mckinnon. >> here's one. >> we don't do that. >> mark mckinnon. i'm hurt they don't want to hear fr this guy. he told politico, quote, i think it's a very bold choice. ryan, an exciting and interesting pick. it's going to elevate the campaign into a debate over big ideas it means romney ryan can run on principles and provide real direction and vision for the republican party and probably lose. maybe big. how's that for an endorsement? and some of those anonymous republicans out there politico spoke to are concerned about their prospects, house and senate races, candidates for house and
plan and his own taxes. but this seals the deal and you're now in a situation where basically, mitt romney and i call this now the ryan romney ticket, not the other way around. the substance here is coming from ryan. he's going to have to defend a whole series of positions that are profoundly unpopular. it's pretty amazing, chris, you've been around this for a long time, to see gop pros criticizing the nominee. >> here's mark mckinnon. >> here's one. >> we don't do that....
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i despair if we can make a more fair tax code. i'm turning to you senator to wrench me back from the precipice of despair. >> don't despair too much. i think, first of all, this was round one. this will not be the first or last time that will a special interest in washington was able to take one hard vote. if we keep coming at this issue, sooner or later we will win. it's important to keep coming at this issue. you have the problem of special interest money behind this. you have the problem of the oath that so many of the senators swore to. >> you raise public opinion. i wonder do you think this was hard vote for republicans across the aisle because with the exception, i believe of susan collins, it was a party line vote. was this a hard vote for republicans. i don't get the sense that it was. you seem toll think, you seem confident it's the kind of thing they will have to have a hard time explaining back in their home states. >> i think it was an easy vote for them in the sense it fit very well with the prevailing ideology that d
i despair if we can make a more fair tax code. i'm turning to you senator to wrench me back from the precipice of despair. >> don't despair too much. i think, first of all, this was round one. this will not be the first or last time that will a special interest in washington was able to take one hard vote. if we keep coming at this issue, sooner or later we will win. it's important to keep coming at this issue. you have the problem of special interest money behind this. you have the...
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he said, i paid 13% in taxes. what kind of taxes? are we talking about fees on his five cadillacs, are we talking about payroll taxes? or are we talking about federal income taxes? that's not clear. but more important than all of this, ed, is where is his mind on tax policy? he's made it very clear, his tax policy that he's put forth and also with vice president designee or whomever, ryan would reduce mitt romney's taxes last year to .82%. less than 1% would he have to pay under his proposed tax policy. this is where we really need to understand what is in this mind, what is he actually doing so that we can then figure out how he would act as president when tax policy comes up which it must come up. >> you know, i found it very interesting when he said that he has never paid anything under 13%. almost trying to make the case, it seems like, to infer to the american people, you know, i'm really paying a lot. you know -- >> ed, he's -- >> i found that absolutely amazing. >> he's paying what a single person making $40,000 would pay of p
he said, i paid 13% in taxes. what kind of taxes? are we talking about fees on his five cadillacs, are we talking about payroll taxes? or are we talking about federal income taxes? that's not clear. but more important than all of this, ed, is where is his mind on tax policy? he's made it very clear, his tax policy that he's put forth and also with vice president designee or whomever, ryan would reduce mitt romney's taxes last year to .82%. less than 1% would he have to pay under his proposed...
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requiring a super majority to raise taxes. how about repealing capital gains taxes. alec has lost ten corporate donors including coca-cola, pepsi and kraft because of pressure from groups like color of change. the group says alec move is nothing more than a pr stunt aimed at diverting attention from its agenda which has done some serious damage to our communities. let's bring in executive director of color of change. when we first talked about this a little over a week ago, you thought this was going to have an impact. do you believe this group that they're going to change their focus when it comes to pushing legislation? >> absolutely not. the voter i.d. laws and the stand your ground laws are part of the larger agenda of laws that you just showed the viewers. these are all part of the same package intending to hurt our communities, but also the laws they worked to pass all around the country are still in place. people are still dealing with them. essentially they have went out and spilt oil until the water and said we're not going to spill anymore oil, but we're al
requiring a super majority to raise taxes. how about repealing capital gains taxes. alec has lost ten corporate donors including coca-cola, pepsi and kraft because of pressure from groups like color of change. the group says alec move is nothing more than a pr stunt aimed at diverting attention from its agenda which has done some serious damage to our communities. let's bring in executive director of color of change. when we first talked about this a little over a week ago, you thought this was...
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millionaires get tax cuts by at least 6.9%. in the past romney has said the least fortunate among us are already taken care of by government programs. >> i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, i'll fix it. >> but if ryan and romney have their way, the social safety net will be eliminated, privatetized, you can count on it. that's why he doesn't care about the 47% of the country. he's talking about an ideology. he's getting ready to let them fall right through the safety net that this country has provided. you know, those compassionate conservatives that used to be around to try to sell us their stuff about how good they are? earlier this evening, president obama taped an appearance on "the late show with david letterman." he addressed the hidden video comments for the first time. >> mitt romney at a fundraiser in florida, there's a cell phone videotaping his remarks and he talks about being why 47% of the people voting don't matter
millionaires get tax cuts by at least 6.9%. in the past romney has said the least fortunate among us are already taken care of by government programs. >> i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, i'll fix it. >> but if ryan and romney have their way, the social safety net will be eliminated, privatetized, you can count on it. that's why he doesn't care about the 47% of the country. he's...
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that does that mean sales taxes, property taxes, are they dependent because they don't pay income tax? it does raise an unfortunate set of questions for him tomorrow. he paid, according to one tax return, 13% of his income. that's a lot less than upper middle class people, lawyers, doctors, pay because the government favors capital over labor. does that make capital dependent on government? i hope he's asked about it. >> this is how it's going to play on the right wing, i believe. they have started praising his rema remarks. romney was on message according to some. in some strange way, could this help romney with his base? >> i don't know. i think the folks who are going to respond positively it to this were already voting against president obama. few people will turn out. but i just don't see how this statement helps him. there's so many people he is putting in that dependent category who think of themselves as hardworking republicans. so i don't see how this helps. >> social security, medicare, i don't think he was talking about that. i think he was talking about medicaid. no fault
that does that mean sales taxes, property taxes, are they dependent because they don't pay income tax? it does raise an unfortunate set of questions for him tomorrow. he paid, according to one tax return, 13% of his income. that's a lot less than upper middle class people, lawyers, doctors, pay because the government favors capital over labor. does that make capital dependent on government? i hope he's asked about it. >> this is how it's going to play on the right wing, i believe. they...
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the people a tax hike? if we can't have it it all, we'll allow a tax hike to take place. >> is the president ready to go to the mat over this? is he willing to let the bottom income tax rates of the 98% go up in order to not raise rates on the top percents. that's the other people and he and robert gibbs have been very clear they're not held hostage this time. they're willing to go to the mat this time whereas the last negotiation, i don't think they were willing to and instead they used it as a bargaining chip to get other things they wanted. >> it's different from the last one. what i hear from some democratic senators and now even from some republican senators something they will not say publicly, they're willing and, in fact, some believe they need to go off the cliff on january 1st. they need to allow the tax rates to expire, have every rate go up including the bottom rate to go up in order to then on january 2nd put real pressure on congress including republicans in congress to pass some kind of adjus
the people a tax hike? if we can't have it it all, we'll allow a tax hike to take place. >> is the president ready to go to the mat over this? is he willing to let the bottom income tax rates of the 98% go up in order to not raise rates on the top percents. that's the other people and he and robert gibbs have been very clear they're not held hostage this time. they're willing to go to the mat this time whereas the last negotiation, i don't think they were willing to and instead they used...
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then there's state tax in most states and sales tax. so you end up having to take 100% of people's income. >> end up having to take 100% of people's income. that crazy person thinks that's where we're going, and that's why he's obsessed with nothing but tax cuts. >> he can't possibly believe that when he looks at his own taxes. >> i think he believes it. i any he's crazy and stupid and lives in this unbelievely ignorant bubble and he believes that. >> some people have taken the most chartable view that you can possibly take says that he was pandering to those in the room. but the problem is we have no idea what this man believes. that's the essential problem. the american public has no idea what this man believes. so as some of his advisers and some people around the campaign have called for him to give a major speech, i think he needs to very basically outline what is your philosophy. is it really just scorn for half the population? is that what you're all about? because that certainly is what it's coming off as. >> what it betrays to
then there's state tax in most states and sales tax. so you end up having to take 100% of people's income. >> end up having to take 100% of people's income. that crazy person thinks that's where we're going, and that's why he's obsessed with nothing but tax cuts. >> he can't possibly believe that when he looks at his own taxes. >> i think he believes it. i any he's crazy and stupid and lives in this unbelievely ignorant bubble and he believes that. >> some people have...
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republicans, tax cutters. democrats, taxes up. republicans, taxes down. so right, that's what we know, right? wrong. republicans do want to cut taxes on rich people. that much is fully true, and democrats want to raise taxes on rich people. that is at least mostly true, and i say mostly for reasons i'll explain in a moment. but when we're talking about poor people, the positions reverse. democrats want to cut taxes on poor people. and republicans at the moment want to raise them. and even the rich people thing isn't so simple because you could argue that democrats and republicans both want to cut taxes on rich people, at least when it comes to their specific plans for how to deal with the bush tax cuts. now, before we get into this, i got to be honest with you. it's going to get a little weird. you know how in physics light can be both a particle and a wave? see, we have a cool little physics illustration. in washington, a particularly tax policy change can be both a tax hike and a tax cut. at the same time. crazy, right? the reason for this is a little c
republicans, tax cutters. democrats, taxes up. republicans, taxes down. so right, that's what we know, right? wrong. republicans do want to cut taxes on rich people. that much is fully true, and democrats want to raise taxes on rich people. that is at least mostly true, and i say mostly for reasons i'll explain in a moment. but when we're talking about poor people, the positions reverse. democrats want to cut taxes on poor people. and republicans at the moment want to raise them. and even the...
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tax cut. the automatic cuts. many of those pieces need to be reset right away. the biggest of which is avenue middle class tax cut. that's the part that patty murray was talking about. that becomes a tax cut after january 1. that's going to be a big part of this deal. and believe me, they all want to make that happen quickly. >> thank you both for joining me tonight. >> my pleasure. >> send us your designs for the last word's off the cliff campaign button. you can also post it on our facebook page or e-mail us. i'm going to show you my button right now. i had it on last night. even today, we worked on a little redesign. got a better exclamation point today. kind of more modern font. a little tilt and emergency to it. -- and energy to it. we're not satisfied. you can get a little screen grab of that at home and work on it, make it better. we're willing to update it as we go along. and coming up, the freedom mitt romney wants to take away, the freedom to browse. wouldn't i that's in "the rewrite
tax cut. the automatic cuts. many of those pieces need to be reset right away. the biggest of which is avenue middle class tax cut. that's the part that patty murray was talking about. that becomes a tax cut after january 1. that's going to be a big part of this deal. and believe me, they all want to make that happen quickly. >> thank you both for joining me tonight. >> my pleasure. >> send us your designs for the last word's off the cliff campaign button. you can also post it...
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. >> 47% of americans pay no income taxes. so our message of low taxes doesn't connect. and he'll be out there talking about tax duts for the rich. i mean that's what they sell every four years. my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never convince them to that they need to take personal responsibility. >> if you're a person struggling to make it, ask yourself this question. how does it make you feel when a presidential candidate says that you will never take personal responsibility and care for your life? mitt romney says you will never be convinced and he's willing to let you fall by the wayside. that's his planning. romney reiterated his position on fox news today. >> you said your wording might have been inelegant, but others say you kissed half the electorate good-bye this election year. you all but called them moochers. did you? >> no. i'm talking about a perspective of individuals who i'm not likely to get to support me. i recognize that those people who are not paying income tax are going to say, gosh, this provision that mitt keeps talking about, loweri
. >> 47% of americans pay no income taxes. so our message of low taxes doesn't connect. and he'll be out there talking about tax duts for the rich. i mean that's what they sell every four years. my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never convince them to that they need to take personal responsibility. >> if you're a person struggling to make it, ask yourself this question. how does it make you feel when a presidential candidate says that you will never take personal...
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no capital gains, no gift taxes, no estate taxes. that's their goal. workers would be taxed, the very wealthy would be able to live tax free. >> krystal, we don't have any of the details that mitt romney and paul ryan would favor in terms of the tax policy. ryan keeps talking about wanting to get rid of tax shelters. and i'm actually surprised that the romney campaign hasn't shut them down on ever using that phrase. it's probably a slip. he's probably not going to say that tax shelter something. but you can't get paul ryan to say oh, yeah, i'll close down can the tax settler to get ryan down to 13%. >> of course not. they're not going to be specific and they're not going to get specific on the tax loopholes they're going to close because the numbers don't add up. you're looking at having to close a lot of loopholes that middle class families benefit from. that's why when you look at the rom know plan, such as it is, what we know about it, middle class families and lower income families will actually pay more under a romney plan if they actually do what
no capital gains, no gift taxes, no estate taxes. that's their goal. workers would be taxed, the very wealthy would be able to live tax free. >> krystal, we don't have any of the details that mitt romney and paul ryan would favor in terms of the tax policy. ryan keeps talking about wanting to get rid of tax shelters. and i'm actually surprised that the romney campaign hasn't shut them down on ever using that phrase. it's probably a slip. he's probably not going to say that tax shelter...
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his own tax return from last year reveals he made $21 yet paid a lower tax rate than many lower class families. now romney is proposing a new huge $150,000 tax cut for the wealthiest 1% while cutting medicare and education for us. mitt romney, if he wins, we lose. >> so if he wins, we lose. the voice of that narrator doing the voice over there, that was very nice. didn't have the usual carping voice these ads have. what do you make of that, chris? she nicely told us this guy is one of the 1%. >> well, i would say, chris, i don't want it get too in the weeds but i would say it is interesting given what we know about the gender gap, a female narrate or narrator. >> i think it is interesting. >> yeah. >> it is usually a tough sarcastic male voice. >> the one thing i would say about that ad is if the obama team has its way, and if we wined up saying that barack obama got re-elected, it will be because they made that picture, that whole ad just has one single picture from mitt romney's years as bain capital just replayed over and over again. it will be because they made that one picture sy
his own tax return from last year reveals he made $21 yet paid a lower tax rate than many lower class families. now romney is proposing a new huge $150,000 tax cut for the wealthiest 1% while cutting medicare and education for us. mitt romney, if he wins, we lose. >> so if he wins, we lose. the voice of that narrator doing the voice over there, that was very nice. didn't have the usual carping voice these ads have. what do you make of that, chris? she nicely told us this guy is one of the...
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it's tax deductible. if you lay off americans, hell, you get a tax break. to bring jobs home act would change all of that. it would end the tax break for moving jobs overseas. instead, you get a 20% tax credit for bringing them back to america. right now, we're actually paying companies to lay off americans and leave the united states. and look at what it costs this country. over the past decade, the biggest companies have cut their work forces by almost three billion workers, but they have hired 2.4 million overseas. laid off americans are rallying to change the tax law. workers from washington to georgia to maine are asking their senators to bring the jobs home. >> all of our jobs are going overseas and we need to bring them back to the united states so that our grandchildren and their children will have jobs in the future instead of sending them overseas. >> those doing well in america ought to do right by america. >> walking out of here when we didn't need to was a crime. >> our government is allowing them to go away. they're paying them to go away. >>
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his own tax return reveals he made $21 million and paid a lower tax than most americans. >> joining now is bernie sanders. i want to talk you to my vulture chart right away here. the chart that we show a lot the two top 2%, their income over the last 30 years has gone through the roof. the middle class is the blue line. that's how much the middle class has moved forward over the last 30 years. when people on the radio ask any what's fair. there's your definition of fairness right there. your thoughts, senator. >> i think the average american understands that the middle class in our country today is collapsing. they see poverty increasing, but they also know that the wealthiest people are doing well. a study just came out and if you can believe it, this is really unbelievable. between 2009 and 2010, 93% of all new income went to the top 1%. 99% of the people shared 7%. you have the 400 wealthiest people in this country owning more wealth than the bottom half of america, 150 million americans. then on top of that, the effective tax rate for the very rich is the lowest its been in decades
his own tax return reveals he made $21 million and paid a lower tax than most americans. >> joining now is bernie sanders. i want to talk you to my vulture chart right away here. the chart that we show a lot the two top 2%, their income over the last 30 years has gone through the roof. the middle class is the blue line. that's how much the middle class has moved forward over the last 30 years. when people on the radio ask any what's fair. there's your definition of fairness right there....
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mitt romney wants to cut taxes for the wealthiest americans. see the people at the top of that chart, they are the ones that have benefitted and will benefit no matter what happens tomorrow. for 30 years, they have gotten all the breaks, all the tax cuts, trade deals they have wanted, they have kept the middle class from growing. they have kept the working man down. that's what mitt romney wants to continue to do. he's the chief of outsourcing. mitt romney wants to go back to failed policies of the bush administration. this is what got us in this mess in the first place. every economic indicator, every single one, and to some conservative friends i have, this is what i say. every economic indicator is up. since the day president obama took office. gdp, the stock market, jobs, consumer confidence, housing starts, corporate profits, they ought to be loving this guy. manufacturing is up, unemployment is down. we're better off today than four years ago. tomorrow we're going to have a chance to make sure that the great american middle class of this
mitt romney wants to cut taxes for the wealthiest americans. see the people at the top of that chart, they are the ones that have benefitted and will benefit no matter what happens tomorrow. for 30 years, they have gotten all the breaks, all the tax cuts, trade deals they have wanted, they have kept the middle class from growing. they have kept the working man down. that's what mitt romney wants to continue to do. he's the chief of outsourcing. mitt romney wants to go back to failed policies of...
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. ♪ i'm a romney girl in a romney world life is taxes it's fantastic ♪ ♪ silver tip your hair tax shelters everywhere ♪ >> okay, well, half the answer's easy, the romney camp is upset. but who else? >>> let me finish tonight with how romney's gotten deeper and deeper in bed with the right wing thanks to this akin mess. and the hard right positions of paul ryan. this is "hardball." the place for politics. have given wayo sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions, such as tongue or throat swelling, occur rarely and may be fatal. side effects may include unpleasant taste, h
. ♪ i'm a romney girl in a romney world life is taxes it's fantastic ♪ ♪ silver tip your hair tax shelters everywhere ♪ >> okay, well, half the answer's easy, the romney camp is upset. but who else? >>> let me finish tonight with how romney's gotten deeper and deeper in bed with the right wing thanks to this akin mess. and the hard right positions of paul ryan. this is "hardball." the place for politics. have given wayo sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to...
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we pay our taxes. we are absolutely -- beyond paying our taxes, we also give 10% of our income to charity. we have no issues that way. the only receesason we don't disclose more is we become a bigger target. >> so it's because you'll just continue to face more questions. >> well, it will just give them more ammunition. >> to american people, though, when they hear about, you know, perhaps accounts with your name on it overseas in tax shelters, they feel like you may be hiding something. >> there's nothing we're hiding. we have had a blind trust for how many years. we dont even know what's in there. >> that's their story and they're sticking to it. meanwhile, paul ryan is already taking closed door meetings with the billionaire donor sheldon adelson in las vegas. adelson is the guy who has pledged $100 million to defeat president obama, all to insure that his own taxes are lowered under a romney administration. according to the "new york times," ryan met with adelson and three dozen wealthy donors in ve
we pay our taxes. we are absolutely -- beyond paying our taxes, we also give 10% of our income to charity. we have no issues that way. the only receesason we don't disclose more is we become a bigger target. >> so it's because you'll just continue to face more questions. >> well, it will just give them more ammunition. >> to american people, though, when they hear about, you know, perhaps accounts with your name on it overseas in tax shelters, they feel like you may be hiding...
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$5 trillion in tax cuts that he can't pay for? not if i've got anything to say about it. >>> plus, a tea party group accused of hovering and getting into faces is under fire. congressman cummings is demanding answers. he's here exclusively. >>> and live from new york, it's me, our friends at "snl" took on yours truly and the msnbc team. oh, yeah, i've got something to say about it. you're watching "politicsnation" on msnbc. >> it's a mile below the earth so for him, speaking to colorado was like being flown two miles into the air and having to give a speech in outer space. an intense burning sensation i woke up with this horrible rash on my right side. like somebody had set it on fire. and the doctor said, cindie, you have shingles. he said, you had chickenpox when you were a little girl... i said, yes, i did. i don't think anybody ever thinks they're going to get shingles. but it happened to me. for more of the inside story, visit shinglesinfo.com mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tas
$5 trillion in tax cuts that he can't pay for? not if i've got anything to say about it. >>> plus, a tea party group accused of hovering and getting into faces is under fire. congressman cummings is demanding answers. he's here exclusively. >>> and live from new york, it's me, our friends at "snl" took on yours truly and the msnbc team. oh, yeah, i've got something to say about it. you're watching "politicsnation" on msnbc. >> it's a mile below the...
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people who are working hard every day, paying payroll tax, gas taxes but don't make enough income. and i want to fight for them. >> now, chris george will clearly believes that the president specifically saved it for that. there's some speculation that no, no shall, he was reacting off of mitt romney saying i'm for the 100%. but given that the president hadn't said anytime the whole debate, it seems impossible that he was going to let the debate go by without using the 47%. and you heard me ask last night was that the strategy. of course he has to deny there was any strategy at all. >> well, it was incredibly effective. it was bizarre to me. it was a huge error on the part of mitt romney, to essentially raise the issue of the 47% without directly addressing it. in case anyone's for gotten it, let me mention it. >> are there things that people that you would like to clarify and correct. and clearly he thought yes, that i'm some removed, distant plutocrat who hates the masses. instead of rebut thing that, he left it to his opponent to drive it home. there's a few moments in the debat
people who are working hard every day, paying payroll tax, gas taxes but don't make enough income. and i want to fight for them. >> now, chris george will clearly believes that the president specifically saved it for that. there's some speculation that no, no shall, he was reacting off of mitt romney saying i'm for the 100%. but given that the president hadn't said anytime the whole debate, it seems impossible that he was going to let the debate go by without using the 47%. and you heard...
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just pass bipartisan bills on home refinancing, education, taxes and stimulus. instead this is what we got today. >> the president doesn't staunt how his policies have made things so hard with the american people. it's finally time to have a president who will be in touch with the american people and i will. >> let's bring in robert reich, a professor of public policy at u.c. berkeley and the author of the book "beyond outrage ". you got to have another outrage here for this deplorable and vapid comment by mr. romney. what caused this negative for average americans? >> we now have a federal reserve survey, a report, that makes it absolutely clear that when the bottom fell out of the economy starting in 2007, it hit the middle class especially hard. as you said, michael, housing prices have fallen by a third on average and most of the middle class has almost all of its assets in its homes. the middle class, they may have a 401(k), they may have a little bit of a pension fund, a little savings in the stock market but most of savings, their assets in their home. ob
just pass bipartisan bills on home refinancing, education, taxes and stimulus. instead this is what we got today. >> the president doesn't staunt how his policies have made things so hard with the american people. it's finally time to have a president who will be in touch with the american people and i will. >> let's bring in robert reich, a professor of public policy at u.c. berkeley and the author of the book "beyond outrage ". you got to have another outrage here for...
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you cut all those taxes, cut those taxes and they didn't create a lot of growth. clinton actually raised taxes on the high end, not in the middle class but the very high end and you had growth through the clinton years. i'm not saying this is cause and effect, but there is no empirical evidence that if you cut taxes on the rich that jobs are created. it's not an article of policy. it's an article of faith. ideology. religion for the right. [ overlapping speakers ] >> the democratic message on taxes is not just about policy, it's also personal. president obama's allies are ramping up calls on governor romney to release more of his past tax returns. this follows reporting in "vanity fair" romney has stored assets in notorious tax haven it is like bermuda and the cayman islands. >> the next four years, we're going to have to undergo comprehensive tax reform. and you know, he is somebody who has sheltered their income taxes in switzerland and the caymans and bermuda really somebody who's going to get under the hood and get us to a place of tax fairness. we need to kno
you cut all those taxes, cut those taxes and they didn't create a lot of growth. clinton actually raised taxes on the high end, not in the middle class but the very high end and you had growth through the clinton years. i'm not saying this is cause and effect, but there is no empirical evidence that if you cut taxes on the rich that jobs are created. it's not an article of policy. it's an article of faith. ideology. religion for the right. [ overlapping speakers ] >> the democratic...
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taxes. >> of that 47%, they pay pay roll taxes, 10% are seniors, 7% are too poor to pay any taxes. mitt romney may very well be one of those americans who pays zero in income taxes. >> i won't speculate. you know, just as a pure matter of politics, 10% of those people are elderly. those are the people the only age demographic he's had a lead over obama, he's told all senior citizens that are on social security they're too lazy and can't be reempled. the most devastating is i'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility for their own lives. the contentiousness. i'll tell you what his bigger problem is now -- >> we just got this in from the press availability he just did, he took three questions. but this is clearly his version of an apology for this statement. he said that the komths he gave at the fundraiser, quote, were not elegantly stated and off the cuff. continue with your analysis of the damage if that's the best he can do. >> well, that will only exacerbate the damage on the one hand that we were just talking about. >> surely there was an elegant way of ph
taxes. >> of that 47%, they pay pay roll taxes, 10% are seniors, 7% are too poor to pay any taxes. mitt romney may very well be one of those americans who pays zero in income taxes. >> i won't speculate. you know, just as a pure matter of politics, 10% of those people are elderly. those are the people the only age demographic he's had a lead over obama, he's told all senior citizens that are on social security they're too lazy and can't be reempled. the most devastating is i'll...
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that's from the tax policy center. cut taxes for the rich, raise taxes for the poor. that is what mitt romney's tax plan would do. it's also what republicans have pursued in the states since they took over the governorships in so many states in the 2010 elections. earlier this year, the republican tax reform bill in south carolina proposed raising taxes on the poorest families in that state and cutting taxes for people who are well off. because i guess republicans believe that south carolina poor people have too much money. in wisconsin, when the republicans took over there, what got the attention was the new law to strip union rights, which is now tied up in the courts. but the budget introduced in wisconsin would have cut taxes for everybody in the state except for poor people. the wisconsin republican budget would raise taxes on the poorest people in the state. because republicans there also think that poor people have too much money. in kansas where the republican takeover has gotten much less national attention than it ought to have, the republican governor signe
that's from the tax policy center. cut taxes for the rich, raise taxes for the poor. that is what mitt romney's tax plan would do. it's also what republicans have pursued in the states since they took over the governorships in so many states in the 2010 elections. earlier this year, the republican tax reform bill in south carolina proposed raising taxes on the poorest families in that state and cutting taxes for people who are well off. because i guess republicans believe that south carolina...
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i know he wants to cut taxes. that's what people like him say just as they tend to play golf and follow pro sports news. mitt is like every other business type. he wants to cut taxes and regulation. he's not all that interested in other things, those things that people in politics and government get so passionate about. he's not that interested, let's admit it, in farm policy. he's not that interested in the world, really. he's not that interest in politics, from what i can tell. does anyone think he'd be watching this network at night or fox or cnn or anyone that politics is being discussed? would he be reading the columns where the debate is occurring? i doubt it. he's interested because he's running right now for president. this is why he makes such a handy tool for the bill kristols of the world. they can use romney to get what they've never gotten from barack obama, a useful tool. this is the giant reason to fear romney's election. not that he may turn right on his own, but that he doesn't
i know he wants to cut taxes. that's what people like him say just as they tend to play golf and follow pro sports news. mitt is like every other business type. he wants to cut taxes and regulation. he's not all that interested in other things, those things that people in politics and government get so passionate about. he's not that interested, let's admit it, in farm policy. he's not that interested in the world, really. he's not that interest in politics, from what i can tell. does anyone...
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this is why we need tax reform. that's why we need to bring down our deficit spending and all of these things tying it together. the more you need to sit back and give this highbrow response, the less credible you are. >> can he credibly make that case? can he say i want a cleaner fairer tax system if i've been exploiting every damn loophole i can find? >> sure. of course he can. he can turn this around in a heart beat. a prominent republican today said he should go elliot ness on wall street. >> let me give you the worst case. i always assume. mooi dal you've been in politics. you know if it is better than it looks they'll tell you. if it is better than it looks. it looks bad, he's hiding something. suppose he's hiding the fact for several years he didn't pay any taxes. suppose he's saying a lot has squirrelled away in swirtser land or in islands somewhere. do you think that's going to be something he's going to be able to defend? >> absolutely. because unless he did it illegally, he played by the rules that everyo
this is why we need tax reform. that's why we need to bring down our deficit spending and all of these things tying it together. the more you need to sit back and give this highbrow response, the less credible you are. >> can he credibly make that case? can he say i want a cleaner fairer tax system if i've been exploiting every damn loophole i can find? >> sure. of course he can. he can turn this around in a heart beat. a prominent republican today said he should go elliot ness on...
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legally romney speaking to money people at a fundraiser what he will ax if elected and who he will not tax. also about romney losing the election because of the lost latino vote. and drugs, should they be legalized? with prodding by me, the president of columbia suggest that we should take a look or take the profit out of the drug running to starve the terrorists. and we all remember how offended ann was over hillary rosen's stay at home comments last week. thanks to that that tape last night, we now know what ann romney really thought when she heard that remark, she thought she just haefrd the lottery. let me finish with great news, things are looking up south of here. we start with the secret service sex scandal. ron kessler, and ron was assigned to protect president obama, he is running for the united states state as a republican from the state of maryland. let's start right now, the secret service continuing to investigate one of the most alarming scandals in history involving prostitutes ahead of the president's arrival this weekend. the congressional investigators are looking into th
legally romney speaking to money people at a fundraiser what he will ax if elected and who he will not tax. also about romney losing the election because of the lost latino vote. and drugs, should they be legalized? with prodding by me, the president of columbia suggest that we should take a look or take the profit out of the drug running to starve the terrorists. and we all remember how offended ann was over hillary rosen's stay at home comments last week. thanks to that that tape last night,...
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. ♪ i'm a romney girl in a romney world life is taxes it's fantastic ♪ ♪ silver tip your hair tax shelters everywhere ♪ >> okay, well, half the answer's easy, the romney camp is upset. but who else? >>> let me finish tonight with how romney's gotten deeper and deeper in bed with the right wing thanks to this akin mess. and the hard right positions of paul ryan. this is "hardball." the place for politics. a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. v8. what's your number? >>> when paul ryan helped carry the home state of wisconsin? the university of minnesota's smart politics blog notes that since 1944, there have been eight vice presidential nominees from the midwest and all eight helped carry their home state. wisconsin hasn't gone republican since 1984, but polls there are tightening now, we'll be right back. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the onl
. ♪ i'm a romney girl in a romney world life is taxes it's fantastic ♪ ♪ silver tip your hair tax shelters everywhere ♪ >> okay, well, half the answer's easy, the romney camp is upset. but who else? >>> let me finish tonight with how romney's gotten deeper and deeper in bed with the right wing thanks to this akin mess. and the hard right positions of paul ryan. this is "hardball." the place for politics. a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit....
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the tax cut proposal itself is likely to go nowhere, but throw in romney's tax cuts for the wealthy, his homes, cadillacs, corporations or people comment and you can see the strategy. romney is for the rich, obama defends the middle class. whether it works may determine who wins in november. also, dirty, angry money. lost in the news about republican fund-raiser is how much it might affect house and senate races. karl rove's has just dumped a million dollars and maybe much more to unsecito owe's sherrod brown, which would likely give the republicans the senate. sherrod brown joins us tonight. plus, we've got new poll numbers out from key swing states that he's going to win in november. happened when the mayor of one city wanted to raise taxes an the city council said no. the mayor busted city workers and other public employees to minimum wage. we will ask the mayor how he fends that one. did you ever want to rewrite history? dozens of members of congress are doing just that, editing out embarrassing moments from their wikipedia pages. wikipedia is pushing back. we begin with the atte
the tax cut proposal itself is likely to go nowhere, but throw in romney's tax cuts for the wealthy, his homes, cadillacs, corporations or people comment and you can see the strategy. romney is for the rich, obama defends the middle class. whether it works may determine who wins in november. also, dirty, angry money. lost in the news about republican fund-raiser is how much it might affect house and senate races. karl rove's has just dumped a million dollars and maybe much more to unsecito...
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and millionaires and billionaires to pay at least the same tax rate as the middle class. that only seems fair and that only seems like a good economic argument so i don't think carl rove is going to win that. >> stephanie cutter, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, american nuns are being cited for their work on poverty and social justice. and by cited, i mean reprimanded by the vatican because they're spending too much time on poverty and not enough on stopping marriage equality. that's coming up. >>> and mitt romney tries to rewrite his experience as an investment banker. he wants you to believe that he just started up a small business and got kind of lucky. the lies of mitt romney's resume. that's in the rewrite. ♪ there's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. our premium litters now work harder to help neutralize odors in multiple cat homes. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. today i own 165 wendy's restaurants. and i get my financing from ge capital. but i also get stuff that goes way beyon
and millionaires and billionaires to pay at least the same tax rate as the middle class. that only seems fair and that only seems like a good economic argument so i don't think carl rove is going to win that. >> stephanie cutter, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, american nuns are being cited for their work on poverty and social justice. and by cited, i mean reprimanded by the vatican because they're spending too much time on poverty...
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. >> was he filing massachusetts tax returns when he was running the olympics? >> he was filing out of utah at the time. that was one of the reasons why there was some dispute whether he should be allowed to run for governor in massachusetts in the first place. i believe the calculation was he had saved $54,000 by filing in utah rather than massachusetts. he agreed to repay that sum and make up the differencdifference. >> how long has mitt romney been asserting he left bain in 1999 and had no further involvement with them? >> it began for that run for governor in 2002. a few weeks before election, his opponent began running a tv commercial. the argument was, look, this company went under. bain reaped a huge profit, there were layoffs, et cetera. but layoffs and bankruptcy didn't happen until 2001. so the defense was he was not responsible for this, because he was gone. but at least on paper, he was still very much the man in charge. >> your story forced a reaction from bain capital today. i want to read that statement. their statement is, mitt romney left bain c
. >> was he filing massachusetts tax returns when he was running the olympics? >> he was filing out of utah at the time. that was one of the reasons why there was some dispute whether he should be allowed to run for governor in massachusetts in the first place. i believe the calculation was he had saved $54,000 by filing in utah rather than massachusetts. he agreed to repay that sum and make up the differencdifference. >> how long has mitt romney been asserting he left bain in...
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there are other taxes like sales taxes, property taxes and gas tax. he still says taxes should go up on these americans as opposed to the super rich. >> i never believe that you go and raise taxes on those who have been successful that are paying in, taking away from them so that you just hand out and give to someone else. those someone else 1 hand ups. they want the ability to get up the letter. >> it has been going on for years, but it stands out this week. republicans chose to protect the rich by voting down the buffet rule in the senate. now they are attacking the most vulnerable current no surprise republicans have chosen this man as their standard bearer. >> i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. >> he tried to say he misspoke when he made that comment in february, but his policies proved he was telling the truth. his economic plans put money in the back pockets of the wealthiest americans while raising taxes on people making less than $30,000 a year. he says he is 100
there are other taxes like sales taxes, property taxes and gas tax. he still says taxes should go up on these americans as opposed to the super rich. >> i never believe that you go and raise taxes on those who have been successful that are paying in, taking away from them so that you just hand out and give to someone else. those someone else 1 hand ups. they want the ability to get up the letter. >> it has been going on for years, but it stands out this week. republicans chose to...
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tax havens. mitt romney avoided paying his fair share. what else is he hiding? >>> joining me now, david k johnston author of the new book, "the fine print" and karen finney. david k. johnstone, the times got tax experts to look at the tax returns and some documents they obtained from bain from this new report today. what did we learn? >> well, the cayman islands 4 hundred years ago was a hang out for pirates now it's a hang out for tax pirates. instead of a buried map of where the tresh is, now you get this opinion letters from lawyer, if you follow one every one of these steps, you can get your treasure untaxed to the cayman islands. one of the things the times points out because of the way these were set up and the fees they were charged against them, the less taxes paid by those who were investing, the greater the sum available and therefore the higher the fees that romney collected. >> karen finney, romney, you get the sense the romney campaign expected that the tax return story was a story
tax havens. mitt romney avoided paying his fair share. what else is he hiding? >>> joining me now, david k johnston author of the new book, "the fine print" and karen finney. david k. johnstone, the times got tax experts to look at the tax returns and some documents they obtained from bain from this new report today. what did we learn? >> well, the cayman islands 4 hundred years ago was a hang out for pirates now it's a hang out for tax pirates. instead of a buried map...
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churches are providing people with a voter id, but a voter id is like a poll tax. it's the form of a literacy test. saying to people like in the state of texas, even a student id cannot qualify. because gun permit id would qualify. that is obscene. >> what happens this november when we get up wednesday morning and we realize in a state like pennsylvania has gone for romney not because most people wanted romney, is that most people weren't allowed to vote because they live in row houses, they don't have an automobile. my grandparents were like that. these people are older, they're city people, they use the subway and mass transit, they own cars or have driver's license, and when you're 75 or 80, they don't want to drive. how do they get an id with a picture on it. >> the iclu, the nacp legal defense fund and different groups must go into court and get an injunction against these states, the country and government for using this form to try to discourage people from participating. to be able to cast a vote should be very simple like getting a glass of fresh water. >>
churches are providing people with a voter id, but a voter id is like a poll tax. it's the form of a literacy test. saying to people like in the state of texas, even a student id cannot qualify. because gun permit id would qualify. that is obscene. >> what happens this november when we get up wednesday morning and we realize in a state like pennsylvania has gone for romney not because most people wanted romney, is that most people weren't allowed to vote because they live in row houses,...
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it cuts taxes on the wealthy most of all, cuts taxes on everybody, no way to pay for it. well, the romney campaign has been trying to say -- they can't say barack obama wants to raise taxes on the wealthy, because that's popular, so they have to say he's animated by a radical economic theory in which he doesn't believe successful people deserve what they have. >> right, and that's -- >> isn't that the direction it's going in? >> i think that's right. i think ultimately when push comes to shove, there's ample polling data that shows what the president is proposing is popular. you mentioned taxes, there's overwhelming to pay more over $250,000 is actually pretty popular. romney can't and republican critics this general can't simply run against that, and so as a result they have to come up with some kind of fanciful notion of the president's radical ideology that doesn't really exist, but the facts don't cut their way, so they feel they have no choice but to go in that direction. >> i was trying to think about when i watch this stuff, who is it meant for, and i have a tough
it cuts taxes on the wealthy most of all, cuts taxes on everybody, no way to pay for it. well, the romney campaign has been trying to say -- they can't say barack obama wants to raise taxes on the wealthy, because that's popular, so they have to say he's animated by a radical economic theory in which he doesn't believe successful people deserve what they have. >> right, and that's -- >> isn't that the direction it's going in? >> i think that's right. i think ultimately when...
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i think you could talk about tax reform. i think you could say in northwest florida or alaska or in south carolina, it's not right that warren buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. i think everybody gets that. this, though, seems to go with the very nature of capitalism. just like you proudly proclaim yourself as socialists, we proclaim ourselves as capitalists and, yes, capitalism can get messy. my father lost his job from lockheed. the favorite job he ever had. he was out of business for two years and he understood he lost his job because rolls royce went bankrupt and they had to fire middle managers. he couldn't find a job for two years and yet my father remained a republican because he said, you know what, to channel mitt romney, it ain't bean bag. that's what capitalism does. there are some benefits to it. there are some rewards to it. but also it can hurt sometimes. and that message that sarah palin is making just won't play with the republican base. >> joe, mitt romney today in giving his response to what
i think you could talk about tax reform. i think you could say in northwest florida or alaska or in south carolina, it's not right that warren buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. i think everybody gets that. this, though, seems to go with the very nature of capitalism. just like you proudly proclaim yourself as socialists, we proclaim ourselves as capitalists and, yes, capitalism can get messy. my father lost his job from lockheed. the favorite job he ever had. he was out of...
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he releases more tax returns, we get a thorough accounting of his taxes and we'll know what tax rate he paid. but he's not going to do that because we know there's damning information in the taxes. >> a few things. one is i call out republicans when they do inappropriate things, too. something is wrong, it's wrong, it's a bipartisan wrong as far as i'm concerned. and the debate about romney's taxes is a valid one. but what harry reid did was not appropriate. >> says he's got a source. >> he's -- >> sometimes media people don't reveal their sources. >> i understand, but he said a source that he is not certain that it's true. and that's especially the fine line. he cannot -- that source did not confirm to him, prove to him, nor did he say he believed him 100%. >> but he went on the senate floor and said he hadn't paid taxes in ten years. he felt strong enough about that to put it in the senate record. >> that's based on an investor. we don't know if he ever saw the taxes. but my point is he went on the floor and basically lied because he doesn't know it to be true. but that's the game
he releases more tax returns, we get a thorough accounting of his taxes and we'll know what tax rate he paid. but he's not going to do that because we know there's damning information in the taxes. >> a few things. one is i call out republicans when they do inappropriate things, too. something is wrong, it's wrong, it's a bipartisan wrong as far as i'm concerned. and the debate about romney's taxes is a valid one. but what harry reid did was not appropriate. >> says he's got a...